There isn’t an easy way to quantify how much of an NFL team’s success (or lack of it) is due to talent and how much is due to coaching. This topic is the subject of many debates. Did Bill Belichick or Tom Brady have more to do with New England’s two decade run of success? Did Mike McCarthy help the Packers, or did he hold back Aaron Rodgers?
This topic has been discussed at length in the negative sense for the Jets over the last two years. We...